Major & minor
C♯ harmonic minor scale
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- C♯D♯EF♯G♯AB♯
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
How to play the C♯ harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------11-12-14-| B|-------------------------------------10-13-14----------| G|----------------------------9--11-13-------------------| D|-------------------10-11-13----------------------------| A|----------9--11-12-------------------------------------| E|-9--11-12----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 9–14
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------0-3-| E|-------0-2-------| C|-0-1-3-----------| G|-----------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the C♯ harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
vii°
B♯dim
B♯dim7
B♯ D♯ F♯
Sounds great over
